Sound-making device



Oct. 25, 1930. J, B VAN DOREN 1,779,506

SOUND MAKING DEVICE Filed Jan. 20,*1950 www; La La I lnvenTor.

27 John B. Von Doven lay/M MQW Patented Oct.vv 28, 1930 .Henri-*.11v 'STATES PAT-ENT ori-Ica VTOEN B. 'VAN DIOREN, OL SOUTHBRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS l SOUND-MAKING DEVICE p Application inea January 20,11930. serial No. 422,024;

This invention 'relates to improvements in sound-making devices andthe principal' object of the invention is to provide a soundmaking device of simple construction adapt- 5 ed'to be actuatedto produce aloud and substantially continuous sound.

A further object of the invention is to pro' vide a soundmaking device comprising a sonorous member and 'a plurality of hammers 10 adapted to impingeupon the sonorous member at separated points and thereby to modify the normal vibration 'ofthe sonorous member toproduce' a-jingle.` Y l f Y Another object of the invention isvto` pro- V315 vide afsound-making devicehaving aflanged sonorous member provided With a handlelhavying an exten-sion overlying the fiange of said "sonorous member having a guide'vvay or guide `Ways for a hammer or hammers located vvith- 20 in flanged portions of said'sonorous member and having hammers slidably mounted'in said hammer-supporting member `operable 'upon osc'illation'of the yd eviceto impinge upon'the flanges ofs'aid sonorous member;

A further object' of the inventionyisto provide a sound-making deviceof the character speciiiedo'f rigid-construction which cannot be readily injured or broken.

` Another object. of the invention is-to prof 3'vide a soundmalring device having a plurality offlanged'sonorousA members preferably "reversely arrangedand supported upon a han- Idle Withhandle members extending .over the respective flanged portions of the sonorous V members'v and having hammer-supporting Vmembers located Within the flanges'of said `sonorous members provided with guideways' members are made of suitable metal with the .form of hammer-supporting and Avice illustrated in Fig. 2; and,

lintegral structure. Another object Vparts thereof Welded togetherto providean i Y of the invention is to pro-l i 'vide a sound-making device of the character specifiedhavinga plurality of sonorousmembers which may be so constructed as to pro'- duce musical Vharmonic tones or discordant tones such as are often enjoyed in ing, devices used in celebrations. 1

` These'` and other objects and features of the invention will more fully appear from 'the following description and the accompanying drawings'and Will be particularly pointed out in the claims. V Y

Preferred embbdimentsof the invention are illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which, Y

Fig. 1 is a plan View of `preferred forms of asound-maki'ng device; a

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional vieWLon line 2 2' Fig. l showing .aplurality of sonorousmembers; A Y y Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of a similar device having a single'sonorous member; i i Y Fig. 4 is a detail vlevv 1n perspective of the Fig.-5 is a `perspective view ofthe form of hammer-supporting and guiding devices il* Ylustrated inFig. 4;

The sound-making Ldevicemay comprise either one or two sonorous members l, de-

Vsirably of circular form having a peripheral ian'ge 2 desirably extending at right angles to the plane of the circular portionl thereof. `The sonorous member desirably isprovided with a centralV offset portion 3 to which a 'handle member may be attached in any suit Y able manner,v but preferably byvvelding.

In the construction illustrated :in Fig. 2 the ,offsetportions 3 of'tworeversely arranged sonorous members are secured7 preferably by Welding, to a central handle member 4. `A looped handle'member 5, which may be of half-round stock, is so bent as'to provide sections and 7 Which contact with. and embrace the central handle member .4 and aresecured 5to it by Welding, such as spotfwelds 8 locatedat suitable interv-ala 'The sections'-and 7V guiding Vdesound-makof the handle member are provided respectively with offset portions 9 and 10 merging into extensions 11 and 12 which preferably lie in parallelism with the planes of the circular body portions 1 of the respective sonorous members. Hammer supporting members, which are secured to the respective extensions 11 and 12, are provided with guideways for the hammers located within the flanges 2 of the sonorous members.

In the particular construction illustrated in Fig. 2 the hammer-supporting members are identical in form and each comprises a plate 13, more fully illustrated in Fig. 4, having a central offset portion or boss 14 which is secured preferably by welding to the extensions 11, 12, of the handle member. The plate 18 is provided with cylindrical flanged edges 15 lying in parallelism and hammers 16 are slidablymounted in the guideways formed by the cylindrical flanges. The hammers 16 are adapted upon oscillation of the device by its handle to impinge alternately upon opposite portions of the flange of said sonorous device and when the hammer is moved in either direction they strike upon the flange at separated points, thereby modifying the normal Vvibration of the sonorous member, Vwhich would be caused by the action of a single hammer, to produce a jingle.

The sonorousmembers 1 may be conveniently made of stamped or drawn metal of a resonant character and said sonorous members can be tuned to produce the same tone, harmonic tones, or discordant tones as may be desired. rlhese sonorous members may be of the same size, or one can be made smaller than theother as illustrated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. By proper construction and tuning, therefore, one or several of such devices can be used to produce a harmony or even to play ingle tunes when used by several operators, or the device may be so constructed as to produce discordant tones and thereby consist purely in a sound-making device.

The construction illustrated in F ig. 3 shows a sound-making device comprising a single sonorous member. In this construction the handle preferably comprises a single metallic handle member of half-round stock having a straight section 17 which is secured, preferably by welding, to the offsetportionor boss 23, a loop land'a straight section 19 which engages the straight section 17 and is secured thereto by spot welds 20. The section 19 is provided with an offset 21 -and an extension 22 which preferably lies in parallelism with the section 17 and overlies and is separated from the flange 2 of the sonorous member.- The hammer-supporting member in this construction is of al simple design and comprises a plate 23 having a central offset portion or boss 24, which is securedito the extension 22 preferably by welding, and downwardly flanged opposite edge portions 25 and 26. VThe flanges 25 and 26 are provided withv alined apertures 27 forming guides for the hammers 28. In this construction, as in that previously described, the hammer-supporting member is so arranged that the guideways for the hammers lie within the flange of the sonorous member.

In the operation of either of these devices the oscillation of the device by the handle causes a reciprocation of the hammers in such a manner that the hammers will strike alternat-ely upon opposite flanged `portions of the sonorous member or members. Obviously, a single hammer, or a plurality of hammers may beemployed.

In the preferred constructions illustrated ...i herein each sonorous member is of circular form having a continuous peripheral flange, but it will be understood that the sonorous members may be of rectangular form with the ends or sides thereof flanged, or may be of any desired form. The central portions of the sonorous members may, instead of being flat, be crowned, or of any desired contour, and other means obviously may be employed for supporting the hammer or hammers in such a manner as to cause the same to impinge upon the sonorous members.

It will, therefore, be understood that the embodiments of the invention shown and described herein are of an illustrative character and are not restrictive ofthe scope and meaning of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sound-making device comprising a sonorous member, a hammer, means slidably supporting said hammer to permit the ends thereof to impinge alternately upon opposite portions of said sonorous member, and means for causing relative movement between said hammer and said sonorous member.

2. A sound-making device comprising a sonorous member, va supporting member therefor, a pluralityof independently movable hammers reciprocably mounted on said supporting member to impinge upon different portions of said sonorous member, and means for causing relative movement between said hammers and said supporting V115 member operable to cause the vibration impartedrto said sonorous member by the impact of the respective hammers to modify the normal vibration of said sonorous member and thereby produce a jingle. Y

3. A sound-making device comprising a flanged sonorous member,- a hammer-supporting member havingV oppositely disposed guides located within flanged portions of said sonorous member,a hammer slidably mountf 1ra ed upon said guides to impinge upon opposite flanged portions ofsai'd sonorous member, and means for causing relative movement between' said hammer and said sonorous member.` 1

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t. A sound-making device comprising a fianged sonorous member having a handle connected thereto, a hammer-supporting member having a plurality of oppositely disposed guides located within oppositely disposed flanged portions of said sonorous mem-1 er, hammers mounted in said guides to impinge upon opposite flanged portions of said sonorous member whereby upon oscillation of said sonorous member the impacts of the respective hammers willmodify the normal vibration of the sonorous member and thereby produce a jingle. y Y

. 5. A sound-making 'device comprising a flan ed sonorous member havino a handle connected to the central portion thereof, a hammer-supporting member located' within oppositely disposed fianged portions of said sonorous member having oppositely flanged edges provided with hammer guideways, hammers reciprocably mounted in said guideways to impinge alternately upon opposite iianged portions ofsaid sonorous member.

6. A sound-making device comprisinga flanged sonorous member having a central offset portion, a handlemember connected tosaid odset portion, a complementary handle member having an extension overlying the `opposite side of said sonorous member, ya'hainmer-supporting member on said extension and having a guideway located within oppositely disposed flanged portions of said sonorous member, and a hammer slidably mounted in saidguideway.- 1

7. A sound-making device comprising a circular sonorous member having a peripheral flange, a handle connectedY to said member, a hammer-supporting member mounted on said handle having a plurality of guidewaysI located within said flange, and hammers reciprocably mounted in said guideways operable upon oscillation of said sonorous member to impinge alternately upon opposite y portions of said flange.

8. A sound-making Vdev-ice comprising a flanged sonorous member, a handle secured thereto having an extension overlying the opposite side of said sono-rous member, a hammer-supporting member secured to said eX- tension having cylindrically flanged edges located Within the flange of saidsonorous member, and hammers slidably' mounted in said cylindrically flanged edges.

9. A sound-making device comprising a flangedmetallic sonorous member having a central offset portion, a metallic handle member having an end welded to said offset porhandle having a plurality of flanged sonorous "member and having guideways located within the flanges of the respective sonorous members, and hammers slidably mounted in said guideways. Y 4

12. A sound-making device com rising twoY reversely arranged, circular, anged, metallic Vsonorous members having offset central portions, a handle comprising a central member welded to the centraloffset portions of both of said sonorous 'members, andar looped handle member embracing said centralmember and welded thereto and having of the respective. sonorous members, hammer-supporting members welded to the respective extensions of the looped vhandle member and located within the flanges of said sonorous members, and a plurality of hammers slidably mounted `in each of said hammer-supporting means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my l naine to this specification.

JOHN B. VAN DOREN.

offset end portions extending over the flanges tion and provided with an extension overly- Y ing the opposite face-of said sonorous member,.a hammer-supporting member welded to said extension and provided with oppositely flanged edges having guideways for a plurality of hammers, and hammers reciprocably mounted in the respective guideways.

10. A sound-making device comprising a 

